diff --git a/backend/Gemfile b/backend/Gemfile
index 667a564f..782b1232 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile
+++ b/backend/Gemfile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ gem 'bootsnap', require: false
 gem 'devise'
 gem 'devise-jwt'
 gem 'faraday'
+gem 'http_accept_language'
 gem 'jbuilder'
 gem 'newrelic_rpm'
 gem 'pg', '~> 1.1'
diff --git a/backend/Gemfile.lock b/backend/Gemfile.lock
index 6033d17f..266c9177 100644
--- a/backend/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/backend/Gemfile.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ GEM
     faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
     globalid (1.1.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    http_accept_language (2.1.1)
     i18n (1.14.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     io-console (0.6.0)
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   devise-jwt
   factory_bot_rails
   faraday
+  http_accept_language
   jbuilder
   newrelic_rpm
   pg (~> 1.1)
diff --git a/backend/app/controllers/surveys_controller.rb b/backend/app/controllers/surveys_controller.rb
index 59dbec4e..7e3d6d6a 100644
--- a/backend/app/controllers/surveys_controller.rb
+++ b/backend/app/controllers/surveys_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class SurveysController < ApplicationController
+  AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES = %w(en es)
   before_action :set_survey, only: %i[show edit update destroy]
 
   # GET /surveys or /surveys.json
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ def index
   end
 
   # GET /surveys/1 or /surveys/1.json
-  def show; end
+  def show
+    @language = http_accept_language.preferred_language_from(AVAILABLE_LANGUAGES)
+  end
 
   # GET /surveys/new
   def new
diff --git a/backend/app/models/localized_survey_question.rb b/backend/app/models/localized_survey_question.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..484d6a3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/models/localized_survey_question.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class LocalizedSurveyQuestion < ApplicationRecord
+  belongs_to :survey_question
+end
diff --git a/backend/app/models/survey_question.rb b/backend/app/models/survey_question.rb
index 3a9b6bea..3b739aca 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/survey_question.rb
+++ b/backend/app/models/survey_question.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 class SurveyQuestion < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :survey
   enum response_type: { radio: 0, text: 1 }
+  has_many :localized_survey_questions
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :localized_survey_questions
 
   validates :display_order, uniqueness: { scope: :survey_id }
+
+  after_initialize do
+    @language ||= 'en'
+  end
+
+  def text
+    localized_survey_questions.find_by(language_code: @language_code).text
+  end
+
+  def response_options
+    localized_survey_questions.find_by(language_code: @language_code).response_options
+  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/db/migrate/20230920000437_create_localized_survey_questions.rb b/backend/db/migrate/20230920000437_create_localized_survey_questions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75a2f224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/db/migrate/20230920000437_create_localized_survey_questions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class CreateLocalizedSurveyQuestions < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :localized_survey_questions do |t|
+      t.string :language_code
+      t.text :text
+      t.string :response_options, array: true
+      t.references :survey_question
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+    remove_column :survey_questions, :text, :text
+    remove_column :survey_questions, :response_options, :string, array: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/backend/db/schema.rb b/backend/db/schema.rb
index 08806692..d43e420f 100644
--- a/backend/db/schema.rb
+++ b/backend/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_07_12_003916) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2023_09_20_000437) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.bigint "assignment_id"
     t.integer "visit_order"
-    t.integer "status", default: 0, null: false
-    t.boolean "user_added", default: false, null: false
     t.integer "bedroom_score"
     t.integer "floor_score"
     t.string "geometry"
@@ -56,6 +54,8 @@
     t.integer "total_score_x"
     t.string "yr_built_category"
     t.integer "yr_built_score"
+    t.integer "status", default: 0, null: false
+    t.boolean "user_added", default: false, null: false
     t.index ["assignment_id", "visit_order"], name: "index_homes_on_assignment_id_and_visit_order", unique: true
     t.index ["assignment_id"], name: "index_homes_on_assignment_id"
   end
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@
     t.index ["jti"], name: "index_jwt_denylists_on_jti"
   end
 
+  create_table "localized_survey_questions", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "language_code"
+    t.text "text"
+    t.string "response_options", array: true
+    t.bigint "survey_question_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["survey_question_id"], name: "index_localized_survey_questions_on_survey_question_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "survey_answers", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "answer"
     t.bigint "survey_response_id", null: false
@@ -79,14 +89,11 @@
   end
 
   create_table "survey_questions", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.text "text"
     t.integer "response_type"
-    t.string "response_options", array: true
     t.bigint "survey_id", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.integer "display_order", default: 0, null: false
-    t.index ["response_options"], name: "index_survey_questions_on_response_options", using: :gin
     t.index ["survey_id", "display_order"], name: "index_survey_questions_on_survey_id_and_display_order", unique: true
     t.index ["survey_id"], name: "index_survey_questions_on_survey_id"
   end
diff --git a/backend/db/seed_importer.rb b/backend/db/seed_importer.rb
index 747cc890..4e760a9a 100644
--- a/backend/db/seed_importer.rb
+++ b/backend/db/seed_importer.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,17 @@ def import_seed_data(path, clustered_ordered_parcels)
       chunk.each do |data_hash|
         data_hash[:response_options] =
           (data_hash[:response_options].nil? ? [] : data_hash[:response_options].split('/', -1))
-        question = SurveyQuestion.new(data_hash)
+          fixed_data_hash = {
+            display_order: data_hash[:display_order],
+            response_type: data_hash[:response_type],
+            localized_survey_questions: [
+              LocalizedSurveyQuestion.new({
+              text: data_hash[:text],
+              response_options: data_hash[:response_options],
+              language_code: 'en'
+            })]
+          }
+        question = SurveyQuestion.new(fixed_data_hash)
         question.survey = survey
         question.save!
       end